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coach

vr.tr.coach · SOC.PER

Let an agent explain coaching roles and qualifications, help people find and become coaches, explain safeguarding and ethics, and separate other senses of coach.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain coaching roles and qualifications, help people find and become coaches, explain safeguarding and ethics, and separate other senses of coach.

A person who trains and directs athletes or teams in a sport, planning training, tactics and development, from grassroots volunteers to professional head coaches in basketball, rowing, sailing, lacrosse and other sports; coaches are qualified through federation programmes and bound by safeguarding and ethics rules, and the word also denotes a bus or carriage, a separate sense.

What it is for: Training and leading athletes.

It can be explain coaching roles by sport and level; find qualifications and courses; explain safeguarding and ethics rules; research notable coaches.

Distinguishing features

Trains and directs athletes

Sport-specific

Qualified and licensed

Safeguarding duties

What it looks like

Not physical; people directing training and matches.

How it is recognised

Directs athletes and teams

Qualified through federations

A manager in some sports has broader responsibilities

Related models

is a kind of - category

sportsperson

is a kind of - category

position

works in - venues

stadium

is related to - instructor relationships

academic-relation

In practice

Families and kinds

head and assistant coaches

youth and grassroots coaches

specialist coaches such as strength or goalkeeping coaches

national team coaches

life and business coaches (separate sense)

Standards and regulation

Federation coaching qualification frameworks

Safeguarding and background check rules

Coaching codes of ethics

Failure modes and hazards

Abuse of power and safeguarding failures

Unqualified coaching causing injury

Confusing senses

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.coach-artifact

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Role What coaches do.

Sport and level.

Duties

Responsibilities.

Duties

Duties.

  1. What does a coach in this sport and level do, from training plans to match tactics? definition
  2. How does the role differ from a manager or trainer? definition

Find

Finding a coach.

Find

Finding a coach.

  1. How can a qualified coach be found for this sport and age group? provenance
  2. Which checks should be made? action
Become Becoming a coach.

Qualifications.

Qualify

Courses and licences.

Qualify

Qualifications.

  1. Which coaching qualifications and courses does the federation offer at each level? provenance
  2. What are the requirements? provenance

Career

Coaching careers.

Career

Careers.

  1. How do coaching careers progress, and what are typical conditions? provenance
  2. Which organisations support coaches? provenance
Safeguard Ethics and protection.

Duty of care.

Rules

Safeguarding rules.

Rules

Safeguarding.

  1. Which safeguarding, background check and code of conduct rules apply to coaches here? provenance
  2. How are concerns reported? provenance

Concern

Raising concerns.

Concern

Concerns.

  1. Is there a concern about abuse or misconduct by a coach? boundary
  2. Which safeguarding officer or authority should be contacted? action
Senses Disambiguation.

Coach has other senses.

Other

Other meanings.

Other

Other meanings.

  1. Is a bus, a carriage, a life coach or a business coach meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Notable

Notable coaches.

Notable

Notable coaches.

  1. Who is this coach, and what is their record, according to reliable sources? provenance
  2. Which methods are they known for? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each sport coaching role be a separate entry?
  • How should qualification frameworks be linked?
  • How should safeguarding rules be localised?
Draft as JSON